[mythtv-users] Can I downsize my HD mpg instead of transcoding to mpeg4 in nupple?

[Robert Kulagowski]

casey dunn wrote:
> Nupple is a real pita as very few other applications support it but, 
> hdtv is too big to keep around for very long.  What I'm looking for is a 
> way to keep everything in mpeg2 but drop down to something less than a 
> gig an hour.

Check the updated "Transcoders" section of the HOWTO. 
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc23.14